Turkey Lemon Wild Rice Soup

Turkey Lemon Wild Rice Soup is flavorful, hearty and comforting. In this soup, leftover roast turkey, fresh garlic, sage, rosemary and thyme and wild rice are in a lemony creamy broth thickened by egg. Simple and quick to prepare, this soup is absolutely incredible.

Yields about 9 cups and will serve 6 generous servings.

Course Soups, Stews & Chilis

Cuisine American

Keyword dinner easy, healthy, Thanksgiving leftovers, wild rice

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 40

Total Time 1

Servings servings

Calories 282

Author Laurie McNamara

Equipment

Staub 4 to 6-quart Round Cocotte

Ingredients

2 teaspoons olive oil
1 medium carrot diced (about 1/2 cup)
2 short celery stalks diced (about 1/2 cup)
1 medium yellow onion diced
2 cloves fresh garlic finely chopped
1 tablespoon fresh sage finely chopped
1 tablespoons fresh rosemary finely chopped
1/2 tablespoon fresh thyme finely chopped
2 quarts low-sodium chicken broth
3/4 cup wild rice blend
2 large eggs beaten
3 tablespoons lemon juice freshly squeezed
12 ounces leftover turkey chopped
2 teaspoons kosher salt or to taste
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper or to taste

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Instructions

Add olive oil in a 4 to 6-quart dutch oven and heat over medium heat. Next add carrot, celery and onion with a pinch of kosher salt. Cover and sauté for 5 to 8 minutes, stirring ocassionally until the vegetables are tender.
Next add in the garlic, sage, rosemary and thyme. Stir and cook 1 minute. Pour in chicken broth, cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to medium. Uncover and add in the wild rice blend. Stir, cover and cook for 25 minutes or until tender - stir often to keep the rice from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
Once rice is tender, turn the heat down to low. You want to keep the soup hot but don't let the soup to boil. In a bowl or liquid measuring cup, whisk eggs with the lemon juice. Using a ladle, remove some of the hot broth and very slowly pour it into the egg/lemon mixture while whisking to temper the eggs.
Once combined, pour the broth/egg mixture into the pot. Add in the leftover turkey, stir and heat through. Taste and season with salt and pepper to taste.
See blog post for storage information.

Notes

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